My College Years Part 18

By Corbin

How life tests the endurance, patience, and sometimes faith of one young 
Woman.

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So here I am, to answer a question; Some people may be under the 
illusion that if you seriously workout, one must obviously have some strict 
method of lifting/cardio and so on that is followed, day in and day out. 
Actually no, and of course I am speaking for myself. That being said, let 
me go on to say that I do not tote around a notebook and keep a log of all 
of my routines, believe it folks. I just go with what feels right on that 
particular day and partly because I have been doing it for so long now it is 
just second nature. What I eat and drink, how I bike and run, lift and so on 
has pretty much evolved to a point that my body guides me now. Not any 
manual or log entry and yes there are days I push myself beyond what I 
should do.
 
So now as I went back and re-read this for grammar and spelling 
Errors (so many) I had to just comment; I feel like that maybe this incident 
below was the 'beginning of the end', is that the right phrase to use? What I am 
trying to say is that things come to a head in this part and set in motion 
several things, mostly bad I think, but good in a way. Hey look at me! I am 
making no sense :) as I type this maybe I'll just get on with it and things will 
become self-evident.
 
A small rant: Why do guys stare at boobs as if they have never seen a 
pair? 

90% of all men I meet never make initial eye contact, first they size up my 
breasts and then look up to make eye contact, it's that obvious guys. I'm 
looking straight ahead and you are looking down, then you look up. (At least I 
can see your eyeballs moving). I think I should write a book called "The 
Art of Discretion", where I teach men to use their 'Peripheral Vision'. 
Actually, I have a humorous attitude about the whole thing, you guys have 
an expression that is priceless, for one split second there is this childlike 
look of "MAMA!!" and then you snap to attention.
 
That's right, come to Mama and then *POW*, right in the kisser!! :) Just 
Kidding, well maybe.
  
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Sharon was not a run-of-the-mill 'hater', as people sometimes refer, she just 
found it difficult to suppress what I call her survival instincts, something 
I attributed to her Alpha-Female drive. A drive to make sure she positioned 
herself on top and to make sure that all women around her recognized that 
status, self imposed as it was. This drive to be at the top of the social food 
chain, oddly enough, did not come out around me all that much, maybe 
because Sharon saw me as a trusted friend, her confidant and my 
personality was mostly placid, not at all aggressive like Sharon's. Yet I was 
still a mystery in some ways to Sharon, she was still figuring out what made 
me 'tick'.
 
Nikki on the other hand was quiet, like me, placid and laid back. Nikki was 
definitely loud, but in her actions and only verbally when she had to be. It 
took someone pushing all the right buttons to get a strong reaction. Nikki 
was an intellectual brute, someone that acted with calculating force.

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(What a fucking mess! That's the first thing that comes to mind as I try to 
relate the following. I actually feel a tad nervous going back into all the 
details because being thrust into the spotlight was never a comfortable 
place for me to be, oh well, I'll stop my bellyaching and get on with it.)
 
Goalkeeping drills
Defending drills
Possession play drills
Running with the ball drills
Attacking play...blah, blah, blah
 
It seemed like the coach was trying to kill us as we could never run fast 
Enough, score enough, move the ball enough, make the right play. 'And it 
looks like it's going to rain.' I looked up at the sky, which didn't really 
bother me too much. The rain made it fun to play at times the game 
seemed like it was meant to be played in the rain especially when the field 
got muddy, slipping and sliding around. A big fucking, fun mess :) 
 
And then it did start to rain not much, just a very, very faint drizzle and 
everyone was getting tired sloppy even a little punchy with the plays. Of 
course, the Coach saw no humor in any of it and just yelled at everyone 
louder, chastising the ones that broke into giggles when they would slip or 
collide with another teammate. A second wind of energy ran thru my body 
when I almost collided into another player on my team. My legs and arms 
were burning and I was now openly breathing thru my mouth, but still 
there was enough reserves to keep pushing myself and I even smiled 
because best of all, I had managed to avoid Mora, other then a couple of 
close calls during the scrimmage. Mora was playing on the opposing team, 
Right-Forward while I was Left-Midfield.
 
I took the friendly banter with Crissy cautiously, there was a sense of relief 
that maybe the girl was going to actually start treating me decently 
again. 'You never know, don't let your guard down' I warned myself as I 
got ready for the ball to be put back into play and good thing I was 
alert because no more then a few seconds later, from my left side a 
blurring uniform came into my peripheral vision and to this day I wasn't 
sure what happened, but my mind simply screamed "COLLISION!!" 'Fuck 
this is going to hurt' was the only thought I seemed able to formulate, it 
happened so fast, too fast and there was nowhere to go, at least no time to 
move out of the way. I shuddered and winced as I retracted my arms 
folding them against my chest and every muscle in my body 
tensed praying I would turn into a granite statue and deflect the blow. In 
the last possible second my right leg shot out and locked at the knee to 
brace for the impact. From an outsiders perspective it must have looked 
like an unstoppable object on collision course with a unmovable object in 
what came down to was a test of wills, determination, sheer human 
strength and drive.
 
"UGGHGHHHH FUCK!" I grunted and literally felt my entire body shudder 
violently, my feet shifted several inches across the ground as a pair of 
sweat drenched bodies smashed into one another. My ears popped and I 
felt what could only be described as a bone-jarring impact and then 
nothing, silence, until a few seconds later I heard a whistle blowing in the 
background and the sound of several voices getting closer. My eyes 
flickered open as my legs seemed to wobble and then move on their own, 
taking two steps back to help keep my balance. 'I can't move.' I thought at 
first, until my mind kicked in and forced my muscles to relax, but because 
my head was tucked down I could watch as my white knuckles regained 
some of their color while one finger at a time slowly unclenched. 
Immediately an agonizing soreness made it's way thru the left side of my 
Body, inch by painful inch it spread as I relaxed.
 
"You okay?" Bev, Nikki, and several other girls gingerly touched my 
shoulders and head, flocking about me. I didn't answer right away; I was 
still trying to figure out if I was still really on my feet or what happened or 
had I been helped up to my feet.
 
"Corbin." Nikki's voice finally registered but I wasn't paying attention, 
subconsciously I was turning to the girl that collided into me, turning to my 
left because that was the direction from which I felt the impact. 'Fuck' I 
sighed when I saw Mora lying on the ground, holding her left shoulder. 
Several drops of sweat tickled my eyelids as I blinked to clear my vision, 
watching how Mora's legs slowly squirmed over the wet grass in a display 
that conveyed agony.
 
"ĮSoy fino!" Mora yelled in a hostile tone, but she couldn't disguise the tell 
tale signs from her eyes, eyes from which flowed tears as she struggled to 
sit up. The Coach and everyone insisted she remain still, but that was no 
use. 'Damn she is one tough bitch' I thought, the girl was obviously holding 
back allot of pain from the way she was nursing her left arm and shoulder, 
she seemed to fight with every once of strength to keep from openly 
sobbing, but the tears kept streaming down her face. More so when Mora 
looked up and our eyes met, I quickly looked away, something didn't seem 
right in Mora's expression.
 
"What?" I finally glanced to my right, a delayed reaction to Nikki calling for 
my attention yet again.
 
"MORA! STOP!" The coach screamed and something told me it was more of 
a warning and I jerked my head to the left. I had spent days, weeks 
training myself, learning to use every part of my body that the game would 
allow, so anytime an object came flying towards my head I would naturally 
set myself up to keep the ball in play, to move my head forward 
instinctively and engage the ball. But not this time, for some unexplainable 
reason maybe luck, god or instinct kicking in, but this time I jerked my entire 
neck and head back several inches, barely enough. 'Barely' in the sense 
that a whoosh of air passed in front of my face and Mora's knuckles 
skimmed the very tip of my nose. "FUCK" I spat, I dodged the punch, but 
the aftershock seemed to immediately set in as Mora had thrown 
everything she had into it. Her right fist came swinging around with her 
whole body behind the effort, but no connection was to be found; Mora's 
frame simply continued twisting until she lost her balance and hit the 
deck yet again. I suspected that had that punch connected, it would have 
been lights out for me, Mora might have broken a few fingers also, but that 
was not likely to be a consideration on her part. By now, the Coach and 
seven to ten girls were between us. I found it odd that I had a few girl's 
holding my shoulders and neck but I wasn't even doing anything, just 
standing there. Mora was the one needing restraining, her body flailed as 
she fought to get at me. 
 
"How's your arm?" The Coach was now standing next to me, asking with 
concern.
 
"Really sore." I sighed but agreed to get it checked out as I rotated my 
shoulder to check for injury. One by one I felt hands release my arms 
when it was clear I wasn't going to retaliate against Mora. "Come over 
here." I heard Nikki say and willingly allowed myself to be lead to another 
part of the field by my friend. 'This sucks' I thought as a really great day 
just went down the tubes, even the sun breaking thru the clouds it did little 
to lighten my despair, despair over the fact that no matter how nice or 
accommodating I was now, Mora was never going to let up, never.
 
"You sure you're okay?" Nikki asked as I and I stretched out on the 
ground.
 
"Yeah, I'm fine I think just shaken up." I winced as I laid down, feeling 
the muscles along my back and left side ache. The rain clouds had moved 
on and I decided it best to wait out things, let Mora change and get out of 
the locker room before going in. But emotionally and mentally I wasn't 
fine, something bad was setting in. In an ironic moment, I felt like 
something dark was beginning to fill my subconscious even as the sun 
continued to break free from the scattering clouds.
 
"What a shame there aren't more clouds in the sky." Nikki sighed, "I love 
this time of the day, to be able to relax and watch the formations."
 
I realized how quiet I had become and quickly snapped to attention, 
smiling I lifted my head off the ground looking over at Nikki who remained 
looking up. I rested my head back down and studied a small, white billowy 
formation floating above. "Do you see that small one?" I asked.
 
"Yeah" Nikki said as we both lay in the middle of the soccer field. "What 
are you doing tonight?" Nikki asked, making small talk more then anything.
 
"Studying" I said less then enthusiastically.
 
"Again? You study more then anyone else I know."
 
"Yeah" I sighed, "It takes several re-reads for the material to sink into my 
thick skull." and even chuckled a little.
 
"Your thick head is great for knocking around the soccer ball." Nikki 
smirked at her taunt as she sat up brushing the dry grass from her legs 
and arms. Just then, I decided to have a little fun.
 
"Need some help getting up granny?" I teased.
 
"I think I can manage." Nikki smiled and went to stand up, but I just firmly 
nudged her back down with my knee, forcing her onto the ground.
 
"You sure?" I asked again and moved right next to Nikki, who was almost 
on all fours now, recovering from my push.
 
"Yeah I'm sure." Nikki continued to smile at my sudden mischievous 
actions and went to stand again only to be knocked back down with a little 
more force causing her to roll over onto her left side. She looked up at me, 
standing almost on top of her now, my hands on my hips looking down with 
a smile of satisfaction.
 
"Here, I'm just foolin' around." I smiled and reached down offering my 
right hand. Nikki hesitated, her mouth curling into a suspicious grin as she 
hesitantly reached up with her left hand. Sure enough, Nikki had gotten 
half way up when I suddenly let all of the weight from my 5' 10", 160lb 
muscular frame come crashing down on top of her as if I was trying to 
smoother the girl. 
 
"Oh it's going to be like that, now is it?" Nikki grunted as she began to 
resist more. 
 
"Not 'going' to be," I smiled, "but it 'IS' like that." as I began to try and 
secure the struggling girl's wrists. I worked fast to secure Nikki's arms, I 
knew that my friend was deadly when it came to wrestling based on her 
martial arts training.
 
"Come 'on wimp, is that all you got." Nikki taunted from the bottom.
 
I shifted into overdrive and began to power Nikki's arms down to the 
ground.  That's when I think Nikki realized my strength could truly amaze 
her at times and this was one of those times, "Fuck" Nikki groaned and 
realized she was going to have to quickly utilize all her skills and quickly, 
there was no way she could out muscle me, although Nikki was strong she 
wasn't nearly strong enough. By now our smiles had faded and I frantically 
went about trying to wrap up Nikki's twisting limbs. Nikki's years of training 
were becoming unraveled and I could tell it frustrated the girl to no end as her 
jiu-jitsu techniques were quickly countered by my strength, endurance and my 
natural aptitude for wrestling. My fingers curled around portions of her soccer 
top and she found it impossible to unclench my fists, Nikki's eyes just burned 
into me, but those hazel eyes of mine fought her right back as we stared one 
another down during our impromptu fight on the soccer field. There was no 
anger there, just an intense level of competition coming out in both of us. 
And I admit, I loved it! Our hot, sweaty bodies twisting and turning under 
the late afternoon sun seemed to take on another level of aggression 
between us and I was shocked that Nikki was suddenly loosing her 
composure. Nikki's legs were conducting their own attack, latching around 
my waist, trying to control me, but I would reach back and hook Nikki's 
ankle, spinning out of Nikki's 'guard' repeatedly, with amazing ease and 
speed. I lost my grip several times as Nikki twisted and then rolled out 
from under my body, slipping free. Quickly we were both on our knees 
about three feet from one another, both gasping thru open mouths, the 
friendly tussle had gone further then either of us intended and I glanced 
around nervously to see if we had drawn a crowd, but the field was still 
barren. Nikki also glanced around taking several deep breaths while 
nervous, her obviously frustrated hands fumbling with pulling her long 
black hair into a ponytail. I felt a droplet of sweat hang off the end of my 
nose, I wiped it away quickly as a smile came over my lips, I wasn't sure 
why, but it felt good to fight, to vent my frustrations like this. I just wished 
it was Mora across from me and my fists clenched involuntarily at the 
particular thought of that Latin bitch staring me down, taunting me. 'Damn, 
get a grip' I chided, reminding myself it was Nikki I was wrestling with and 
not to get too carried away.
 
"You're going down." Nikki gasped as she took another drink of air, 
apparently forcing a smile from the corner of her mouth as she tried to 
present an air of lightheartedness to the thus far friendly-fight, but I knew 
it was anything but lighthearted. She and I had so many suppressed 
feelings between each other that this match now seemed inevitable, as the 
only way to vent our bottled up emotions.
 
"Bring it on." I sighed, taunting with a flick of my wrist, but was surprised at 
how quickly Nikki lunged for me. Before I could react Nikki's sweaty arm 
was around my neck, their chests smacked together as I was tackled to 
the ground. Pretty soon there was a flurry of activity where it didn't seem 
like we were even wrestling, almost like we were throwing ourselves at 
one another with ferocious intensity, loud grunting as I used my strength, 
but Nikki would use her techniques to wiggle out and try and get a hold, 
but her emotions, anger and other feelings were boiling over I could tell. 
Nikki seemed pretty sure she had a submission hold within her reach, but I would 
just muscle my way out, only to instantly lockup with her again, wrapping arms 
and legs around one another thus starting a roll across the grass. Nikki 
winced a couple of times as her legs would get scissored by mine, and 
when I clamped down with my strong thighs it hurt like hell, not to mention 
that if it wasn't for the aid of the sweat on her wrists and arms, I would be 
able to control her more. And then it happened, an unsettling feeling of 
panic must have set in as Nikki lay on the bottom assessing her 
situation, her dark eyes glanced off to the right and watched as my left 
arm easily powered her right forearm down to the ground, forcing it into a 
very painful folded position under her head. I really didn't know 
what I was doing, but I pushed on her elbow as well, cranking her arm 
further under her head and neck; "Jesus Corbin!" Nikki gasped, spit and 
sweat flying from her trembling lips; I guess I was using too much effort and it 
must have gotten painful as well, she tried to wiggle any available part of her 
body, but I had her trapped, my legs grapevined around hers, she was totally 
immobile. Nikki's waist heaved, twisted and turned but I pressed more of my own 
torso down, making it harder for Nikki to breath.
 
"Give?" I sighed with a smile. Nikki stopped struggling, my eyes watched 
the cords of muscle starting along my shoulders and biceps constricting with 
an unending amount of energy, and I was getting off on this. Nikki even 
winced when I clenched my fists tighter around her trapped wrist. Our 
shirts were pulled and twisted up around our chests, leaving our bare 
bellies exposed...slick with sweat...pressing hard against one another. But 
there was little enjoyment in this particular moment as I suspected Nikki's 
legs were starting to cramp and her shoulder must have been aching with 
pain. And then I panicked, worried I was getting carried away...
 

"Sorry...too much?" I froze and looked down at my friend with concern, 
recognizing Nikki's look of pain and I let my whole body go lax. You would 
have thought relinquishing the hold would have brought thankful relief from my 
friend, but in a shocking twist, it brought only an angry wraith...
 
"Damn it Corbin! Don't you ever fucking let up!" Nikki snapped from the 
bottom, chastising me for letting the hold go, but Nikki wasn't going to let 
opportunity pass and hooked my right leg and arm allowing her to bridge 
and roll me over. I was still collecting myself...shocked at how angry Nikki 
had just gotten with me, yet she was wasting no time in gaining a 
dominate position on top leaning all the way down until I felt her breasts 
press against mine and it was an unnerving but delightful distraction. 
Gently she tightened her forearm around my neck, just to let me know she 
had me; but I think it was a hollow victory for I simply seemed to lay there, 
my body mostly limp. Nikki turned her head to the right and I felt her nose 
and lips press into my sweat covered cheek until she finally grunted a question; 
 
"Do you give?" Nikki asked while gasping for air. I have to admit, it was 
such a turn on.
 
"Yeah" I moaned and then Nikki pushed off, her weary body landing with a 
flop on the ground next to me. Her left arm still trapped under the crook of 
my neck, our sweat soaked uniforms clinging to my bodies. It had been the 
most exhilarating thing I had ever experienced, as Nikki would later 
confess, it was like making love, but not quite the same. Slowly Nikki 
struggled to prop herself onto her elbows and I think we were both 
surprised to see our uniforms were in total disarray. The waist bands of 
our soccer shorts had become twisted and pulled down from the ferocity of 
the fighting, which in turn revealed the upper portions of our panties, bare 
stomachs fluttered with heavy breathing and glistened with a heavy coating 
of sweat. I glanced over and caught Nikki eyeing my bare stomach, I didn't 
mind, her staring was flattering as my abs were the epitome of 'six-pack' 
that looked chiseled out of stone.
 
"I'm sorry, I didn't..." I started to apologize for getting too rough.
 
"DON'T!" Nikki snapped and looked away, not wanting me to see the anger 
on her face I suppose.
 
"Nic! Why are you so mad?" I sighed and looked over, my face a mask of 
emotional pain and concern never having seen Nikki get cross with me like 
this.
 
"Because I want you to stop second guessing yourself. Yes, it hurt like hell, 
but you fucking could have taken me back there and yet you keep holding 
back! Why? I want to know why! Why the fuck did you just give up like 
that?" Nikki shook her head in dismay.
 
"I...but I'm...I'm...we're just messing around...that's all..." I tried to 
explain.
 
Nikki realized that I probably, literally, didn't know my own strength, but 
She wasn't going to cut me a break; "Look Corbin..." Nikki wiped the sweat from 
her forehead, "...tough shit, okay? Sometimes people get hurt, I saw how you 
handled yourself in the locker room that day. Knocking those girls around like 
rag dolls when you really pushed yourself..."
 
"I don't want to talk about that!" I suddenly bolted upright, a little angry 
now...perhaps even the trace of tears as I recalled that evening.
 
"Right there!" Nikki pointed my finger in my face, "That look...that 
determination is what I'm talking about..."
 
"Why are you driving at? Why are we having this conversation?" I waved 
my arms frantically as we were now standing face to face.
 
"Because I know that Mora is giving you a hard time on and off campus." 
 
"What?" my head suddenly leaned back, my expression going semi-blank, 
simply looking over at Nikki thru my tangled, grass filled blonde hair.
 
"Mora!" Nikki looked with a knowing stare and then looked away catching 
sight of some guys appearing at the far end of the field kicking around a 
soccer ball. Nikki waved back to them.
 
"Gheesh...will you and everyone drop it already, she is no big deal, 
please...I just have to learn to take it, it's no big deal." I shrugged waving 
my right hand as if casually swatting a fly and then proceeded to pick some 
grass of my uniform and out of my hair.
 
"ARE YOU BLIND! She just tried to cream you a few minutes ago! Where 
the hell where you?" Nikki yelled, startling me enough that I jumped back 
a couple of inches.
 
"It was an accident," I protested meekly.
 
"BULLSHIT!" Nikki yelled again, "She ran right for you and ended getting 
knocked my on her ass in front of everyone, and if you think she is going to 
stop now...well you better think again! But you're not thinking, are you? 
You just want to bury you're head in the sand..." Nikki had totally lost her 
composure and quickly turned away swiping the grass and dirt from her 
palms.
 
"What do you want me to do? Go start a fight with her?" I snapped, 
practically choking on my words as I walked around to Nikki's right, trying 
to look her in the face. 
 
"Yes!...I mean 'no'..." Nikki glared to my right quickly and then looked 
away pacing around in circles with her hand on her hips.
 
"So now you want me to..." I waved my hands out to my side in a panicked 
manner.
 
"No...no...I'm just upset that's all." Nikki sighed as her head hung low trying 
to take slow deep breaths.
 
"Upset with me?" I grumbled as I caught up with my friend.
 
"More so with myself, for getting my ass kicked..." Nikki mumbled as she 
continued her slow, lazy walk off the field. 
 
"Oh come on Nik!" I playfully pushed her shoulder, "We were just fooling..." 
I smiled trying to bring some lighthearted feelings back.
 
"I wasn't fooling around Corbin!" Nikki suddenly stopped and pointed back 
to where we had wrestled, "I mean what the fuck, you know it's a tough 
thing to swallow when you get your ass handed to you by someone that 
was just 'fooling around'." Nikki shook her head in disgust, "my instructor 
would be so pissed if he knew..." but she didn't finish, but simply ran her 
fingers thru her hair in frustration.

"Come on, what do you mean, I was trying just as hard." I shrugged but 
when Nikki's eyes glared up at me, I saw that the more I tried to make 
Nikki feel better the more it seemed to insult her intelligence. I looked 
away quickly and wished I was somewhere else, wondering how my life 
was seeming to spin out of control.

Slowly she approached and raised her left hand to grasp my right 
shoulder. "Look..." Nikki took a deep breath and quickly glanced around the 
field, we were still alone and she continued...
"...I'm sorry for getting so abrupt with you, but I am very serious, you 
have so much potential. Look..." Nikki brought her head back up and 
slumped her shoulders forward with fatigue, "...let's go change 
and just, just come on..." Nikki pulled me along. Reluctantly I took a few 
steps and the more Nikki pulled the quicker I picked my pace up.
 
"Let's go shower." She said and wrapped her arm around my shoulder.
 
"You think there will be any hot water left?" I sighed as we walked towards 
the women's locker room.
 
"God I hope so." Nikki huffed. Walking into the locker room, which was 
deserted by now, it was rather eerie, and silently we both parted and went to 
our respective lockers but I abruptly stopped fiddling with the combination 
on my lock, "Nikki" I sighed.
 
"Yeah?" 
 
"I think I'm just going to shower back at my room...if that's okay." I slowly 
unlatched the lock and began pulling my stuff out.
 
"You okay." Nikki turned.
 
"Yeah, just sore, tired, and..." I sighed quietly, laying my stuff out on the 
bench.
 
"That's fine..." Nikki paused, "Mind if I tag along?" Nikki asked.
 
"Huh?" I looked up from my self induced daze.
 
"Mind if I tag along." Nikki repeated.
 
"Oh, sure...yeah, you can even shower there too if you like" I was 
speaking but the words came out in an automated manner and tone. No 
surprise there, my mind was spinning out of control with anxiety. I worried 
about how I would react to if Mora kept pushing me...or anyone else for 
that matter...'Can I keep walking away? But again, what if things go to far 
and I or Mora get hurt, that girl could flip out and turn me in or I could 
get kicked out of school.' my mind drifted. Soon Nikki and I were almost 
to the car and my mind was lost in thought again.
 
"What?" I jumped and looked to my left from where I sat in the passenger 
seat, feeling where Nikki had suddenly placed her right palm on my bare 
left thigh.
 
"Don't worry so much." Nikki sighed and drove with her left hand softly 
rubbed my thigh muscles. But it did little to alleviate my stress, I looked 
away without saying a word and pressed my forehead against he 
passenger side window, my eyes glazed over as I looked at the 
students...cars...whatever flashing past.
 
"You go ahead." Nikki dropped her gym bag on the ground and sat on my 
bed, stretching out as I went in to shower. A few minutes later I 
emerged, my long blonde hair was slicked back still fairly damp. I had on a 
loose, white button down linen shirt and a pair of gym shorts that stopped 
about mid thigh. I watched her eyes following me, but wasn't that 
uncomfortable from it. I had left the shirt unbuttoned, leaving a good 
portion of my chest and stomach exposed. Nikki was never one to 
stare but her eyes had become transfixed on me while I kept darting 
glances out of the corner of my left eye. My abs rolled under a sheen of 
still wet skin and with no bra, a hint of damp cleavage peaked out from 
where the shirt lay open down the middle of my chest. 
 
"All yours." I tilted my head towards the bathroom door, but wouldn't look 
Nikki in the eye. More of a distraction then anything, was how my mind was 
over analyzing what to do about Mora. A shiver ran up my back when Nikki 
stood and walked up to me, touching the top of my shoulders and giving 
my an affectionate squeeze, just for a second and then the touch was 
gone. It was a simple look, reassuring and gentle...I didn't even have to 
make the effort to smile back as Nikki turned to the bathroom. I remained 
standing and leaned back against the dresser, looking down at a pair of 
folded Soccer shorts in my hand, and I even considered quitting...just to 
move on past all of this. The shower kicked on and I glanced up, from 
where I stood I could see into the bathroom, the door was open and 
whether Nikki left it open on purpose or not, who knows, but I caught 
myself eyeing her body, a shiny film of sweat that covered her from head 
to toe gave Nikki's beautifully athletic form a sensual aura. My fingers 
clutched at my shorts, my world was doing flip-flops from anxiety over how 
close Nikki and I were getting, and the sexual tension that was building 
was not a part of my imagination either. I had barely a moment to sit down 
at my desk when Nikki was standing in the doorway, practically still 
dripping wet as she pulled a t-shirt over her body, she too left her bra off 
and looked over at me sitting at my desk. 
 
"I want you to lie down on the bed." Nikki pointed, somewhat 
authoritatively.
 
"What? Why?" I leaned back in my chair, my left eye cocked with suspicion.
 
"Cause, I feel some responsibility for the funk you're in and just do *it* 
please." Nikki said and I slowly stood up, my shirt was still unbuttoned and 
I made a step towards the bed, but Nikki daringly took a couple of steps to 
cut my off.
 
"Wait...I want..." Nikki sighed and nervously smiled as she reached for the 
collar of my shirt.
 
"What?" I felt my entire body stiffen with anxiety as I watched Nikki 
hesitate, but continued to grasp my shirt.
 
"No teasing," Nikki looked down and smirked, "I'll give you that massage 
I've always promised, but you have to take your shirt off, trust me okay?" 
Nikki sighed.  My smile was born out of nervousness, and it was barely a smile 
at all as I nodded my head, letting my friend peel off the damp shirt from 
around my shoulders and pull down. I felt the little tingles from between my 
legs as I watched her study my skin, arms...chest; "Damn Corbin" Nikki sighed 
and shook her head.
 
"What?" I froze and felt my chest rise from a deep intake of air.
 
"Just that..." Nikki smiled and even blushed a little.
 
"What, spit is out!" I looked up cautiously.
 
"...you have a hell of body." Nikki blurted out and closed her eyes. She was 
sure blushing more then ever.
 
"Thank you." my voice came out as a weak squeak.
 
"What's wrong?" Nikki quickly looked up, afraid she might have gone too 
far in her compliment.
 
"Just try carrying these around all the time" I sighed and shook my chest 
back and forth a couple of times causing my almost 'D' size breasts to sway back 
and forth.
 
"I'll trade you." Nikki smiled, sticking out her 'C' breasts, "Besides, they're 
incredible...simply perfect..." Nikki said.  My entire body felt flush and 
thought, just for moment, I could feel my friend's eyes still studying my 
breasts. "Now, lay down...face down..." Nikki stepped back and pointed to the 
bed.
 
"Yes ma'am." I said and slowly placed my knee on the mattress, the bed 
moved slightly as I adjusted my body over the sheets. I watched as Nikki 
reached into her gym bag and casually poured some body lotion onto her 
palms. Carefully Nikki seemed to approach the bed and straddled my butt, 
letting her weight come to rest; "Comfortable?"
 
"Very" I sighed and my body felt a shudder ripple in all directions when 
Nikki's fingers touched down and slowly began to spread the lotion all over 
my back.
 
Nikki made sure to be more gentle with my bruised shoulder, inflicted by 
Mora's brutal charge. I sighed again, as Nikki's fingers set down with the 
tenderness of a feather and began squeezing my muscles lightly, and 
releasing them momentarily. I cringed with every squeeze, feeling my 
muscles constrict and slowly release the built up tension of an entire 
week's stress. The soothing pressure moved lower towards my shoulder 
blades and then down the sides of my arms until I finally allowed my body 
to relax and enjoy Nikki's gentle touch. I let my arms rest at my sides and 
turned my head a little more so as to glance up to my friend.
 
"Why...why now?" I asked in a whisper.
 
Nikki smiled softly and ran her fingers through my hair with one hand, "I 
want to." Was all Nikki would say. I felt her calmly shift down to the back 
of my thighs, moving her hands down my back. Slowly, Nikki ran her 
fingers down my back and then up my sides. I cringed, trying not to giggle 
as she massaged my skin and felt Goosebumps form near my neck as 
Nikki lowered herself near my ear to speak. I was totally red again and 
began to sweat as Nikki began to lightly blow on my neck and shoulders 
with cool breath. "Oh... god." I sighed as the chilling sensation shot through 
my body all the way to the tips of my fingers and toes. Nikki's body grew 
warmer against the back of my thighs, just as I felt the first sparks of 
arousal sprouting between my own legs, which rested together.
 
"I meant it when I said you were stunning." Nikki whispered in my ear, and 
it seemed to echo over and over. I felt my heart pounding against the 
sheets of the bed as my breasts pushed up against them. my eyes 
widened as Nikki moved myself lower down my legs until she sat at the 
back of my knees, I felt a warm slick of sweat from where our bare legs 
pressed against one another, just as my pussy was beginning to pulse with 
genuine arousal.
 
"We have to... stop. Nikki..." I pronounced, barely voicing the words.
 
"Are you sure?" Nikki paused, studying the right side of my face and 
watched as I closed my eyes, pinching them tight with anxiety. I laid there, 
feeling the cool, cotton sheet against my left cheek as I wrestled with 
doubts...'What about Dale?' I thought as if flirting with Nikki was betraying 
him in some way...'Who the fuck am I kidding...he would probably ask to 
watch'.
 
"I...it's..." I blinked suddenly as I felt Nikki pull my hands from my 
shoulders, "...I don't know, but I guess it's okay to keep going..." I sighed 
and let my body relax. Before I could take a breath, I felt Nikki's lips 
gently touch my neck with a kiss, then another, and another until I felt a 
wet spot beginning to form in the lining of my panties, my juices were 
definitely beginning to flow.
 
"Turn over." Nikki whispered into my ear canal and raised her butt up 
allowing me to roll over, which I did willingly. "I've never felt this way 
towards another woman before." Nikki said when I finished shifting under 
her and looked up.
 
"Me neither" I sighed as my voice cracked with emotion and watched a 
tear spill over Nikki's right eyelid. "Oh Nic" I sighed and my left hand came 
up to sweep away the single tear, 'So fucking hot in here' I thought as I 
closed my eyes, when I opened my eyes Nikki was directly above me, 
smiling softly and dripping with her own perspiration.
 
"Yes" I said, relying on instinct rather than my judgment. Nikki didn't even 
ask me a question, I just felt the word leave my mouth and Nikki leaned 
away for a second reaching for her own t-shirt. With a slow, smooth motion 
Nikki pulled up and she was now naked from the waist up, the same as 
me. I lay looking up at Nikki's gloriously round breasts that swayed ever 
so slightly, Nikki slowly lowered her face towards mine as our breaths hit 
each other's faces, a soft purr went out from our throats as the kiss sent 
waves of pleasure coursing through my entire body in one instant. After a 
moment, Nikki lifted her head slightly, still staring directly into my eyes 
just as I did into hers. Drops of perspiration fell from her cheek onto my 
face, adding to the already glazed look of our skin from the intense heat. 
Without another word Nikki brought her lips towards mine once more, this 
time the kiss lasted longer as our hair tangled together, damp from the 
humidity and when we finally parted a thick string of saliva kept our lips 
connected as her head raised.
 
"...Unbelievable," I whispered.
 
It was as if both of us had fallen into an abyss of lust, heat, and desire. 
Our bodies glistened with sweat and the sheets gradually became more 
and more wet beneath my body and for the most part we had barely even 
moved.
 
"I...don't know what to say or do..." I whispered, letting myself tremble 
openly now, before it was just some innocent fondling and kissing, but now 
it seemed Nikki wanted to go further...all the way maybe.
 
"I'm scared too." Nikki replied as her hands roamed over my arms, feeling 
the film of perspiration over my skin, until they found my face. It was a 
relief I guess for Nikki that I was becoming receptive, every part of my 
body felt sensually alive...sexually intense. I was also aware of my nipples, 
her nipples...hard and long, coerced to their full length beyond anything I 
had ever felt. Nikki ran her hands down along my arms until she found my 
fingers and both of us allowed our fingers to caress over one another 
before finally interlocking hands once again as our forearm muscles 
tightened. I then felt Nikki flex and for once I decided to showoff as a smile 
crept over my lips. Nikki understood the mischievous intent behind 'that' 
smile of mine as I flexed my arms in return, it was in fact a turn on to feel 
both of our bodies become tense. Soft moans started to give way to 
sensual grunts, eliciting a deeper struggle to fend off and at the same time 
control one another. So here I lay, opposite my dearest friend, partially 
naked and feeling a rush of sexual animal lust for Nikki I could not have 
imagined. Our flexing muscles seemed to only add fuel to that fire as arms 
now moved out and up as we both felt connected as one thru the palms of 
our quivering hands. The added smell of sweat combined with our soft 
groans was exhilarating, my sweat coated breasts stood out from my 
strong chest, quivering directly under those of Nikki's as we continued our 
struggle. I moaned and then called into play several cords of muscle lining 
my back and shoulders, causing Nikki to let out a grunt that sounded both 
sexual and desperate as her arms were forced down towards her side. I 
could tell, the black haired girl was using all her strength, but weight as 
well, however I couldn't help but smile at Nikki's dilemma...but mostly 
smiling to the look of surprise on Nikki's face. Nikki leaned down, pouring 
everything she had into pinning my arms down to the bed, but I suddenly 
gasped and not from our test of strength, but from where my aching 
nipples grazed against Nikki's. The erotic, electric touch was only a 
momentary distraction as Nikki suddenly gasped, her biceps gave and I 
pinned her arms down against the side of her body with such sudden ease 
and force. Nikki simply shook her head in disbelief and closed her eyes, 
trying to catch some breath while relaxing; 
"I knew you were strong...but damn." Nikki moaned as she felt me guide 
her down into a more friendly embrace, while still holding Nikki's arms 
imprisoned at my side.
 
"You win..." Nikki sighed with a smile, almost that of a whisper, "...again."
 
My hazel eyes glanced down and I was awestruck, seeing with my own 
Breasts, for the first time, pressing into another woman's, not just some 
woman, 'but my dear friend'. 

Nikki took a deep drink of air and moaned at the sensation of our nipples making 
firm impressions into the other's aureoles. My eyelids drooped as we mutually 
enjoyed the feeling, gently and delicately moved our shoulders to more clearly 
feel and see the shaft of our nipples rubbing along the length of the other's, 
leaving only an eighth of an inch separating our bountiful smooth breasts at 
times. Our nipples stayed erect, in part to the subtle shifts that seemed to 
stimulate them just enough sending that familiar warmth between my legs and I 
knew that my pussy was now feeling every tingle that my nipples were 
sending throughout my body. I was disturbed to realize how uninhibited I 
was acting because of how horny I had become. Lips tenderly moved up 
and over, nuzzling as we continued to feel our soft mounds massage into 
one another, but my mind had totally slipped into oblivion as I began to 
move my torso in small slow circles, feeling Nic's smaller breasts roam 
freely over my two mounds. However, our brushing lips could not resist the 
temptation as our open mouths slowly started to move against one another 
until our kiss was moving at a feverish pace as if born out of absolute lust, 
beyond anything I had ever experienced before. Nikki's tongue slid into my 
mouth, my eyes widened as a small stream of saliva formed at the edge of 
our kiss, running down my cheek slowly. I held my breath for nearly a 
minute until we finally parted.
 
"You're beautiful." I sighed and slowly raised my head off the pillow below. 
Nikki smiled her appreciation as she took a slow deep breath of air, her 
back arched and I felt both of her aureoles and nipples become engulfed 
and ultimately disappear as Nikki pressed her breasts against mine. I 
groaned with pleasure as my engorged nipples felt every bit of that 
additional pressure.
 
"You are the beautiful one." Nikki kindly replied. 
 
"Wait" I said and my body tensed, my hands gripped Nikki's biceps causing 
the raven haired girl to tilt her head back with concern.
 
I stuttered, "...I want to, but...Nikki..." my voice began to crack with emotion 
and Nikki scrambled to pick up the pieces and calm the situation.
 
"Shhhh...shhhhh...It's okay." Nikki whispered and pulled me close, cradling 
my head onto her bare shoulder and almost panicked herself when I began 
to sob ...like openly weep as Nikki felt my muscular, strong shoulders 
heave a couple of times.
 
"I'm sorry" I sobbed, "I know I've ruined the moment, but I'm just too 
nervous Nikki." I babbled my apologies even though Nikki kept trying to 
calm me and reassure my that nothing was wrong in being scared or 
nervous.
 
"You can tell me anything you know that." Nikki whispered and kissed my 
forehead. I moaned and tried to control my fear as I contemplated my 
anxieties...'I've kissed a few guys and Dale is the first one I've allowed to 
ever to fondle me, even when I slept over I've always had strict ground 
rules about how he could hold me...'I want to wait till marriage' I had 
always told myself. 'And now...' I thought, '...you're letting your best friend 
feel your body. Taking control again, Nikki decided on a safe course of 
action, "Turn back over so I can finish." she smiled.
 
"Thanks Nic." I sighed and rolled over, a smile forming over my lips as I 
felt Nikki kiss my cheek and slowly massage her finger tips into my back.
 
"You have the gut instinct to go far if you wanted to train, you learn fast." 
Nikki's hand gripped my shoulder a little tighter to emphasis my point. 
"And god knows, you're the strongest girl I have ever seen...stronger than 
allot of guys." Nikki whispered into my ear. 
 
"Thank you" I sighed although I wasn't sure how that made me feel, it 
wasn't like a goal I had ever set out to achieve, but I simply took the 
compliment in stride and tried to relax.
 
"Corbin listen to me..." Nikki leaned in close now, as if she could guide the 
very words into my subconscious and plant some seeds of inspiration. "A 
little more skill and you'll be unbeatable." 
 
"Are you telling me all of this because you think Mora is going to be a 
problem soon?" I asked suspiciously.
 
"I'm telling you now, Mora WILL be a problem, it's only a matter of time 
and I am sure you can take care of yourself, but please consider what I'm 
saying, a little extra knowledge can't hurt...it can only help." Nikki smiled.
 
"Okay...I'll think about it." I sighed.
 
We never even heard the key enter the lock;
"What the fuck!" Sharon blurted out as she stood in the open doorway, key 
still in hand.
 
Nikki slowly sat up and moved her hands down my back, all the while 
Sharon stood there in disbelief at what she was seeing. Nikki was relishing 
in the moment and leaned back, her perfect breasts sticking out from her 
chest as she remained straddling my thighs.
 
"Sharon!" I propped myself up on my elbows, blinking the haze from my 
eyes, "What are you doing..."
 
"We're still roommates...REMEMBER!" Sharon growled with hostility.
 
"Okay...okay...but CLOSE the DAMN DOOR!" I snapped as I hunched my 
back to cover my chest, but no one could see anything anyway, I was just 
being paranoid.
 
"Oh...sorry..." Sharon spun around and shut the door.
 
"I'm giving Corbin a massage." Nikki proudly waved her left hand over my 
back as I buried my face into the pillow, feeling embarrassed as if I was 
caught red handed doing something bad.
 
"No shit, I can see that, why is your shirt off?" Sharon sneered with 
suspicion and even contempt, most of all with hostility. But Nikki never 
stopped staring down the brunette as she sat atop me and the two girls 
continued their intense glaring until I cleared my throat. Nikki's left hand 
slowly roamed over my flexing back muscles, almost possessively, 
knowing it would taunt Sharon mercilessly before she slowly dismounted 
from my legs. Again, slowly, I picked up my bra and began to slip it on, 
standing about five feet from Sharon. My two friends glared at one another 
silently as Nikki slipped a breast into each cup, proudly standing their with 
the faintest trace of a smile. In return, a cruel sneer formed on Sharon's 
lips as she flipped on that condescending diva look she had become well 
known for.
 
"Thanks Nic." I mumbled as I quickly sat up and slipped my arms into my 
own bra and put my shirt on.
 
"What's going on Sharon?" I asked and stood up, 'This is bad' I 
immediately noticed the way my two friends continued to stare one 
another down.
 
"Hello?...Earth to Sharon!" I waved my hand out.
 
"I just came by to see you." and Sharon leaned over and hugged me, 
taking me by surprise, but it felt good.
 
"We need to talk." She said as she pulled away and putting on her best 
pouting expression, gripping both of my hands, trying to get all of my 
attention away from Nikki.
 
"About?" I looked up warily.
 
"About something in private." She raised an eyebrow and gave a quick nod 
in Nikki's direction.
 
"Well..." I stuttered and looked at Nikki and then at Sharon, "...maybe 
something quick...Nikki if you want to wait outside or in the bathroom..." I 
kind of panicked, feeling bad for asking Nikki to step aside while Sharon 
wanted to speak in private.
 
"It's okay Corbin, I need to run home and change properly." She smiled 
and her left hand came up and gripped my right shoulder. Sharon made a 
point of studying our exchange.
 
"Wait a second..." I followed Nikki out into the hallway, "...be right back..." 
I looked back over my shoulder at Sharon who was standing there tapping 
her foot impatiently. "Nikki..." I whispered and Nikki spun around with a 
faint smile, "...call me okay." and reached to hug my friend. Nikki leaned in 
and pressed her lips against my cheek, "I'll call you." she reassured.
 
"What's wrong?" I asked as I watched Nikki turn away.
 
"I'm sorry Corbin, but Sharon doesn't like me." Nikki shrugged and paused 
in the hallway while taking a step back.
 
"Phuuullleeeaseeee" I whispered and leaned forward with a look of 
desperation, "Just try...I'll talk to Sharon...she isn't so..." I tried to 
plead.
 
"Corbin." Nikki just shook her head in despair, "It won't do any good." and 
turned away to walk down the hall.
 
"What the fuck?" I moaned running my hands thru my hair, totally freaked 
out at what just happened, but bolted back to my room upon hearing my 
cell phone ring. Sharon was already there, snatching it off the nightstand 
as if it was hers; "Hello? Oh HEY Dale!" Sharon cooed into the phone and winked 
at me while playfully twirling her long brown locks, "You are looking for 
Corbin?...I don't know...she's busy I think, but I can talk..." Sharon smiled 
mischievously.
 
"Give me that!" I snapped and yanked the phone from Sharon's hands as 
Sharon just laughed at my reaction, truth was Sharon loved pushing my 
buttons.
 
"Sorry about that...Sharon's just being a pain..." I sighed into the phone as 
I glared at my friend. Sharon just slowly sauntered away, swaying her 
slender hips back and forth in a teasing manner while giving me a wink, 
her short floral skirt adding an exaggerated sway to her cocky walk.
 
"I know...I'm sorry...I was going to call you back...I know...uhm...I 
just...homework and soccer..." I paced back and forth, "no...not 24hrs a 
day!"
 
Sharon sat down and propped her legs up on my desk, her knee length 
skirt riding up her tan thighs, something Sharon was always proud of was 
her legs...long, toned and tan.
 
"Two days? It's been two days? No I don't...maybe your right...tonight? Shit 
Dale..." I paced a little quicker now as Dale grilled me with questions about 
my lack of involvement in our relationship over the past week, in particular 
how I had never returned any of his calls over the past two days. It 
freaked me out to think I was so badly neglecting my boyfriend; 
"Okay...okay..." I slumped my shoulders forward, "...miss you too." I sighed 
and slowly closed the display on my cell phone before tossing the object 
aside where it proceeded to bounce a couple of times on top of my bed.
 
"Trouble in paradise?" Sharon smirked and cocked an eyebrow.
 
"What Sharon?" I stopped and placed my right hand upon my hip in 
irritation at Sharon's sarcastic attitude. Sharon lowered her eyes and 
seemed a bit embarrassed at mocking my pain.
 
"He's coming over in a few minutes...AND get your feet off my desk 
please!" I sighed.
 
"Sorry" Sharon removed her feet and brushed some of the wrinkles from 
her skirt.
 
"I can't believe I forgot to call him back yesterday...and the day 
before...shit..." my left hand flew up and massaged my neck muscles. 
"What did you want to talk about?" I paused and then glanced over at 
Sharon, suddenly remembering my friend's urgent need to speak in 
secrecy.
 
"Oh, I just wanted to catch up a little." Sharon stood and made her 'poor 
me' expression sticking out her lower lip.
 
"You had me ask Nikki to leave because you wanted to chit-chat Sharon!" I 
snapped in disbelief as my right hand went flying, pointing towards the 
door, "That's all this is about?" 
 
"Why are you so angry?" Sharon continued pouting, "Can't I have a 
moment alone with my best friend.", Sharon walked up and gave me 
another hug, patting me on the back. I just stood there like a statue, 
rolling my eyes. Yet, hearing Sharon say 'best friend' caused a pain to 
shoot thru my psyche as I swallowed hard. "I don't mean to snap at you, 
it's just...I'm pretty stressed..."

Sharon backed away and rubbed my shoulders before completely pulling 
away, "Relax, just relax" Sharon gave a sincere smile.
 
"Corbin, I don't mean to pry, but that looked really...look...I'll get right to 
the point, what the hell was THAT all about!" Sharon stepped back and 
pointed to bed. "You and Nikki didn't have your tops on and she sitting on 
your back...."
 
"Giving me a massage Sharon!...Jesus...what the hell is wrong with you?" I 
felt my blood pressure shoot up and started to pace back and forth, 
"Nothing more to it." waiving my left hand as I turned away.
 
"Hey, why are you getting so defensive and upset, it was just an 
observation." Sharon folded her arms across her chest, casually tilting her 
head off to the left, that long brown hair falling down around her shoulders. 
I abruptly stopped pacing in small circles and squared my shoulders up 
with Sharon, "Why am I so defensive? Because I see the look you give Nic 
Sharon, could you make an effort to be nicer to Nikki, you never have two 
words to say to her."
 
"Oh...ME! It's me with the problem?" Sharon leaned back in shock as if she 
had been insulted, "Maybe Nikki's the one manipulating your time! Did you 
ever consider that?" Sharon shook her head with a slight 'no'.
 
"Stop trying to twist things around!" I fumed.
 
"Great, now I'm twisting things around," Sharon threw her hands in the air 
and walked around to my left, "Would you like a list of what I see going 
on?" Sharon stopped and leaned close into my left cheek.
 
"Yeah, this ought to be good...I want to hear your list!" I smirked and 
looked to my left.
 
"One, I see you spending more time with Nikki and less time with 
Dale...evident in the phone conversation just a minute ago. Two, I see you 
spending more time with Nikki and less time with me..." Sharon continued.
 
"Wait right there Ms. Social-Sorority-Queen..." I made a pained expression.
 
"Do I get to finish? Or am I going to get interrupted! And I have tried...true 
not as much as I should, but I have been looking you up, but the last 
couple times you were heading out with Nikki...or doing this with Nikki...or 
'Nikki and I have plans already Sharon!'" Sharon quickly lowered her 
voice, "I've also noticed that your life is in more turmoil now, more then 
ever...maybe it's not all Nikki's fault, but she is more experienced then you 
AND me when it comes manipulation."
 
"Bullshit Sharon, I've seen you in action..." I shot back.
 
"Simple, stupid social stuff...that's all I do...but Nikki is devious 
Corbin...and don't roll your eyes at me I hate that," Sharon reached up with her 
right hand, gently rubbing my left shoulder. "When Nikki left out of here just 
now, she cruised on out into the hall way and said 'I don't like her' and 
then simply walked away, didn't she? Oh yeah, I heard what she said, nice 
of her to plant those seeds of doubt in your head wasn't it?"
 
"You're reading way too much into this Sharon." I glared but Sharon just kept 
looking at me with those wounded blue eyes.
 
"She wants you Corbin..." Sharon swallowed hard at saying that.
 
"What?" I stiffened and leaned back, almost totally pulling away from 
Sharon's touch.
 
"Okay, maybe I am wrong," Sharon's voice became soft as she lowered 
her head some, putting on her best act of self doubt and concern for me, 
"but you've had girl's flirt with you before Corbin, and I believe Nikki is 
seriously interested in you...more then friends...and it's messing with your 
head, that's all just my opinion and I'm sorry if it hurts you." Sharon 
reached in and hugged me, pulling my in tight. "Jesus you're a fucking 
rock." Sharon rested her head on my left shoulder.
 
"I just wish you two got along, you don't even know her that well." I sighed 
and hugged Sharon back. I involuntarily smiled, 'Was Sharon really 
making an effort now? It meant so much to me that Sharon was here, I felt 
complete and oddly happy around Sharon even when we are at odds with 
one another. Sharon also radiated feminine confidence that I wished I had 
more of, the brunette always looked like she had just stepped out of a beauty 
salon; Hair always perfect, makeup perfect, her clothing always in style but 
never too trendy.'  
 
"Maybe, I don't know, but I know that I have felt a wedge coming between 
us..." Sharon started in.
 
"You've helped drive that wedge between us." I quickly interjected and 
pulled my head away, I wasn't going to let Sharon totally off the hook. 

"ME?" Sharon gasped and leaned back in shock, "I've done no such thing! 
Maybe a little," Sharon slipped that in, "But I am trying Corbin...I know I've 
been busy...but you sure make time for dear Nikki." Sharon made a 
disgusted face when she mentioned Nikki's name which she instantly 
regretted upon seeing my jaw muscles clench. Yet again an interruption 
came with a sharp knock at the door, causing me to almost explode at 
another interruption, but I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before 
turning around..."Who is it?" I abruptly asked.
 
"Dale."
 
I rolled my eyes and pulled the door open, waiving my left hand for him to 
enter, "Come on in".
 
"Hey Sharon...is this..." Dale froze sensing the air of tension, "...a bad 
time?" looking at me.
 
"No"..."Yes"..."No"... The answers came and changed and came again from 
both of us so that Dale didn't know who was agreeing or disagreeing or 
changing their mind.
 
"We were talking about what a great influence Nikki has been on Corbin, 
weren't we?" Sharon smirked and licked her bottom lip, watching as me 
sweat it out, she knew I hated it when conflicts got out in the open.
 
"Sharon why would you say that to Dale! Nikki is my friend and now you're 
the one stirring up trouble!" I turned and reached for the door knob, 
Sharon knew that was an impending sign to leave, but she had one last 
comment up her sleeve.
 
"Well, I guess I have to go now even though this is still partly my dorm 
room, in any case always nice to see you again Dale," Sharon forced a 
smile and patted him on his left shoulder as she walked out, not able to 
restrain her natural flirting. "Oh..." Sharon paused right before slipping 
thru the doorway, "...I know you two have some catching up to do and I 
know Dale you've been upset over time away from Corbin, but apparently 
she found time for dear ol'  Nikki today."
 
"What's your problem Sharon!" I was pissed now and my eyes narrowed with 
resentment.
 
"What is she talking about?" Dale looked on baffled.
 
"Ask about how Corbin spent all day with Nikki!" Sharon cocked a knowing 
eyebrow at Dale.
 
"Good bye Sharon!" I snapped and slammed the door shut in her face. 


  
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